Lilliana Mason
Role at the time: Professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University
Condemned
Statement summary
Mason says she would recommend rejecting the paper in peer review. She questions whether its scale measures authoritarianism rather than alignment with the Democratic Party.
“If I were to be a peer reviewer for this paper, I would recommend that it be rejected. I just don't believe that it's written in good faith and the measures are not well validated,”
Open source (opens in a new tab)What's behind HHS claims that gender-affirming care 'may' radicalize - NPRInterviews with Lilliana Mason and Adrian Shanker; updated October 2
NPR examines the report's measurement choices and commissioning process and includes responses from its authors.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.